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Viewpoints: The badger cull
The issue of culling badgers in England has polarised opinion, within the town and the countryside, across the political spectrum and among the public. Few disagree that bovine tuberculosis causes serious hardship to farmers, and costs the taxpayer millions of pounds a year to control the disease. But there is very little agreement about everything else, including the interpretation of scientific evidence, policy making and wildlife conservation issues. So what are the different voices in the debate?
Adam Quinney, vice president of NFU
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is not as clear cut as you might think. It is the biggest challenge facing the UK livestock industry today and that is why something needs to be done now. No-one, including farmers, wants to cull badgers. However, it is a regrettable, but absolutely necessary step while TB increases its vice-like grip on our family farms.
In 1998 less than 6,000 cows were culled because they had TB; in 2011 it was more than 34,000. And every single one of those cows was culled to prevent them passing the disease on. It's a fact that TB exists in wildlife and no amount of culling of cattle will ever control this disease while there are still badgers spreading it further.
Since the link between badgers, cattle and bTB was established by Sir John Krebs in 1997, the farming industry has been seeking a long term solution to the problem. Trying to control this endemic animal disease cost the GB taxpayer £91m during the 2010/11 financial year, an increase of 44% on the previous financial year. We can only begin to reduce this cost if we carry out an effective badger cull in areas where badgers are known to have the disease.
It is very difficult for a farmer to prevent a wild animal from coming into contact with his cattle. But farmers are working hard to prevent potential contact and disease transmission to their herds through improved biosecurity.
Some measures that farmers take in bovine TB hotspots include raising feed and water troughs off the ground, trying not to feed cattle directly on the ground, ensuring doors to feed sheds fit well and are kept shut at night, storing feed in covered bins and fencing off badger setts and latrines.
Vaccination can play a part and the NFU fully supports the development of effective vaccines for badgers and cattle as we believe that they will play a role in the long term eradication of bTB. Of course we shouldn't have got to this point.
Bovine TB is hardly a new disease and farmers were promised a vaccine against the disease more than 20 years ago. However, at the moment the only badger vaccine available is in an injectable form. This means that you need to cage trap the badgers to vaccinate them which is practically very challenging and has to be done annually for a period of at least five years. There is currently no vaccine available for cattle nor an approved test that can distinguish between a vaccinated and an infected animal.
So in order to tackle this disease, we must reduce the reservoir of bTB in the wildlife. The proposed cull pilots due to take place this autumn are targeting two specific hotspot areas in the South West where the incidence of TB in wildlife is persistent and high; with the possibility of further culls in other hotspot areas in the coming years. Most of England is TB free and there are no plans to carry out culls of badgers in areas where there is no TB.
For those still in any doubt, this TB policy has been through two rigorous public consultations. It has also been upheld after challenges in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The policy is backed by scientists, vets and government who all agree that this is the best way of controlling the spread of this awful disease throughout the country. At the end of the day, we all want the same outcome: healthy cattle, healthy badgers and healthy countryside.
Gordon McGlone OBE, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
My personal view, and that of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and the Wildlife Trusts, is that badger culling is not scientifically proven. It is an extremely difficult approach to tackling the disease and we don't feel that it is appropriate that it is effectively being portrayed as an essential part of bringing bovine TB under control. The Wildlife Trusts don't support it.
Biosecurity is absolutely key, and that is biosecurity in terms of the way that individual cattle and herds are managed and the separation of badgers from livestock, where there are substantial areas that could be improved. One-off capital investment can keep badgers away from livestock when they are being housed and I think that has to be something that is pursued more vigorously. The work done in Gloucestershire by the Fera (Food and Environment Research Agency) team has showed that when used properly it is 100% effective - badgers can be kept away from cattle when they are indoors or when they are in pens.
I think the wildlife trusts accept that the [badger] vaccine does not cure the disease; we accept it is not 100% effective. However, the research shows that vaccinating badgers does substantially appear to boost their immunity to bovine TB, which is a very good thing. I really don't understand why a vaccine that has been developed at huge public cost - over £16m - that has been shown scientifically to have a beneficial impact is not part of any government strategy. All the reasons given are cost and difficulty. Well, the badger cull is not exactly going to be cheap, it is not going to be simple and it is not going to have 100% effect either. And even more strange is that the modelling carried out by government, by Fera, has shown that if a badger cull is going to happen, then should badger vaccination be used as well [as culling], you get another 4-8% benefit. If you compare that to the 12-16% effect that the cull can allegedly deliver, that is not insubstantial. And yet it's being written off as inappropriate, the secretary of state is saying that it's not appropriate, that it is expensive, and I just think it is daft. If it was a human disease and there was a vaccine like that I very much doubt that people would say that we shouldn't be using it.
We must remember that farming is an industry even though it is a very personal industry. What industry would choose to take action against Britain's most iconic mammal, the one mammal that most members of the public would identify? If the badger cull goes ahead I think the farming industry will continue to receive very bad press which is one thing it absolutely can't afford.
If it is proposed to take out 70% of a population of a key mammal, that is going to have an impact. And it is not just about the fact that individual badgers will be killed, it is about this huge assault on part of the way that the countryside works, and I think that is what people have got very upset about - whose countryside is it? And this is where you get the real division between people who own the land and the people who live in it and I think that is what you're probably seeing through the e-petition - it is something really deep about our native wildlife.
Denis Leonard, cattle vet from Cheshire
TB is a disease with a long incubation period and is also slow and debilitating rather than lethal, which helps it to survive as an infection within populations, as an infected animal left to its own devices can spread disease for years to uninfected animals. As with most diseases the best way to rid a group of animals of the disease is to remove the source of infection (carrier animals - infected animals) and protect uninfected animals from future infection. In cattle this is done by regular testing and culling of infected animals aligned with restricting the movement of animals within herds known to be infected. In badgers nothing is done at all and hence the disease can propagate freely and extensively through this species. Because badgers and cattle eat together this lack of badger control renders any cattle controls completely ineffective.
Any serious attempt to control TB must involve the removal of infected animals and to that end I support the culling of badgers in infected areas. It is well known that partial culling creates an upsurge of disease due to perturbation of infected badgers, in other words increasing the movements of infection among the population by the badgers scarpering to neighbouring sets, potentially setting up a new geographically infected area. For this reason any cull needs to be very large and to be done with a significant margin around any geographical area that contains infection. It also needs to be extremely thorough, as leaving infection in badger populations is unfair to the badgers that are to be born in the future, or which migrate over time into the cull area, as they will become infected by the populations that we haven't cleaned up.
Due to the lack of backbone of successive governments this hasn't been done and hence the geographical disease area is now much of the west of England and Wales, so an effective cull would now have to be incredibly widespread. Because the government has run out of money it is forced into a position where it has to look at costs and therefore it has identified that if it reduces TB it can save itself quite a bit of money, so the possibility of a badger cull is now on the agenda. It is incredibly clear that the current policy of TB control is an abject failure, so carrying on as we are is doomed to increase the size of any effective future badger cull.
Farmers, vets and keepers of animals have always had to make hard decisions in the interest of the health and welfare of animal populations, both wild and domesticated. Similarly we have controlled verminous creatures and predators for the sake of human disease control and food since before records began. If this disease was carried by rats, people would be breaking the door down demanding we get on and sort it out. Because there are too many people who think they understand the countryside and disease control, but clearly don't, we are hamstrung by a lot of misplaced emotional nonsense.
As far as badger vaccination goes I am willing and in fact encouraging its use as an adjunct to the control of disease, but ultimately culling should be done as well to expedite the overall success of control of TB. Vaccination is still an unknown but I will do anything I can to get this disease reduced in our wildlife and livestock. I will help anyone who is trying to do something positive about controlling this disease.
Lorraine Morgan, Greenway Farm Caravan and Camping Site, Forest of Dean
I don't know the intricate science of it but I have gone to enough meetings and read enough about it to know that the argument is very flawed. The Forest of Dean markets itself on being this bucolic place where everyone comes to walk and cycle, spot wildlife, and photograph wildlife. To have an active cull area in the Forest of Dean I think can only do damage to its reputation. It is so cloaked in secrecy, and we have so many footpaths crossing so much farmland here, and high calibre rifles being shot at dusk, I think it is asking for trouble. This is a tourism area, we are now coming up to October half-term, which always brings people down here, it is the last big holiday before we shut and if they are right and the cull is in place by then, I can't advise people where they can go, where it is safe.
Once those badgers are gone, it is going to take a very long time to establish a population again. I think it is a recipe for disaster; it is going to be like a powder keg. Obviously they're not going to tell us where they are going to start culling so you're going to have marksmen firing at dusk when you have lots of people walking about. They say they are not going to do the shooting on Forestry Commission land or in the forest itself but there are a lot of footpaths around here that cross open farmland so that does raise concerns. As far as the Forest of Dean's reputation goes, it will be a very dark chapter in our history. If it goes ahead, it can only do us harm.


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The Marlins endured their share of tough-to-stomach, one-run losses over the first half of the season — the kind that led to head scratching and plenty of what-ifs.
Sunday didn't qualify as one of those days.
David Wright scored twice and had two RBI as the New York Mets sent the Marlins staggering into the All-Star break with a 9-1, series-sweeping victory in front of 28,187 fans at Citi Field.
The three-game sweep was a miserable end to a nine-game road trip for the Marlins, who after winning their first series in St. Louis since 2009 dropped five of their last six on the tour to slip to a season-worst six games under .500.
In the process, the Mets (45-50) also leapfrogged the Marlins (44-50) in the National League East standings, dropping Miami to fourth place for the first time since May 4. Since being tied for first place on June 8 at 33-30, the Marlins have gone 11-20, the fourth-worst record in baseball.
"We were sloppy. Once again our bats were quiet. Just not a good series at all," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said.
"I know we've got some guys pressing. We've got some guys on tilt. We've got some guys frustrated. Obviously, when you lose games, that's what happens. We need to relax a little bit for a few days, come back, get to work next week."
Slugger Giancarlo Stanton, set to compete in Monday night's Home Run Derby and play alongside teammate Henderson Alvarez in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, had a forgettable road trip himself.
He walked twice Sunday, but finished 4 for 33 (.121) with only two RBI on the trip. He hasn't homered since June 26 in Philadelphia, a span of 58 at-bats.
Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom, who earned his first big-league win with seven shutout innings in Miami on June 21, picked up his third victory in his rookie campaign with another seven sterling innings against the Marlins.
Brad Hand started for the Marlins and exited after four innings with a bruised right shin. Hand, listed as day-to-day by the Marlins, fell to 1-12 in 19 career starts after surrendering six hits, two walks and three earned runs on 72 pitches.
With one on and one out in the fourth, Anthony Recker's hot comebacker to the mound struck Hand just above his right ankle as he tried to leap out of harm's way.
"It felt fine the rest of that inning, but when I came back in and sat down a little bit, it didn't feel very good after that," Hand said
Hand recovered the ball on the play and threw to first base to get Recker for the out. But the Mets took the lead shortly after.
After Redmond called for an intentional walk to No. 8 hitter Ruben Tejada to get the pitcher to the plate, deGrom picked up his first major-league RBI with a single to center. Curtis Granderson then doubled down the right-field line to extend the lead to 3-1 and the Mets were on their way.
That was all more than enough for deGrom.
The only run he allowed came on Marcell Ozuna's infield single with two outs in the fourth inning and happened only because the Marlins caught a huge break moments earlier when right fielder Granderson and second baseman Eric Campbell lost a routine fly ball in the sun.
The ball, hit sky-high by Garrett Jones, fell harmlessly between the Mets fielders and kept the inning alive for the Marlins. Aside from that, the Marlins hardly caused any trouble for the 26-year-old.
Ed Lucas struck out three times Sunday, including when he ended the fourth by whiffing with runners on the corners. In the sixth, Adeiny Hechavarria singled and Stanton drew a walk to open the frame. But deGrom killed the rally when he got Casey McGehee to hit into a 4-6-3 double play before striking out Jones.
The Marlins open the second half of the season Friday at home against the Giants. San Francisco is one of the three teams whose record over the past month is worse than the Marlins.
"Right now, we all need to get away," said reliever Kevin Gregg, who gave up three of the four runs the Mets scored in the eighth without getting an out.
"The four days will be useful and help us reset. We kind of fell on our faces a little bit going into the second half. Hopefully, we can pick things up, get these four days off, and be on our way."


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Lukewarm Stove: Bourn, Hernandez, Samardzija, Prior, More
Spring Training is underway, but there are still rumors floating around …
- Although I still think the chances here are beyond remote, I feel obligated to point out that, once again, this morning on MLB Network, Ken Rosenthal mentioned the Cubs as a possible destination for Michael Bourn. He said it, I wrote it, the end.
- Ben Nicholson-Smith chatted at MLBTR, and … (1) Ben thinks, ultimately, the Mets will figure out a way to sign Michael Bourn, and it may involve them getting a special exception to not give up their first round pick; (2) the Cubs could still be a possibility on Bourn, though Ben was relying heavily on Rosenthal's reports; (3) big, pre-free agency extensions are likely to continue to be a trend, because the lure of that first big payday is too hard for most to turn down; and (4) Giancarlo Stanton probably doesn't reach the trade market until next offseason.
- So, that giant extension Felix Hernandez was getting from the Mariners, which would pay him a record $175 million over the next seven season? Well, you see, deals are always conditioned on a physical/evaluation of the medial records. And, except in very rare circumstances – like the Marmol/Haren trade – the physical and the review of medical records are totally pro forma non-events. But we may have another instance of a deal getting torpedoed by a medical review. According to Buster Olney, some in the Mariners' organization have concerns about Hernandez's elbow, and that's holding up the extension. Indeed, Olney says the two sides are "not close" to finalizing the deal. King Felix is under control through 2014, so it's not like he's going anywhere immediately, but this could be a pretty serious issue. Maybe the extension doesn't get done now, and maybe they can't even trade him for value. Maybe he becomes a free agent with huge talent and huge question marks in 2014.
- In case you wanted the details on Jeff Samardzija's 2013 contract with the Cubs, which pays him $2.64 million plus incentives: those incentives are $25,000 for 180 innings pitched, $25,000 for 185 innings, $25,000 for 190 innings, $25,000 for 195 innings, and $25,000 for 200 innings, per Carrie Muskat.
- Mark Prior is still looking for a shot to get back to the bigs, and his agent says the righty feels good (and is throwing in the 92-93 mph range). The Cubs haven't had any discussions with him (although he was in to Chicago last month before the Convention to address the Cubs' Rookie Development Camp), but "have not closed the door," according to Dave Kaplan. If he's going to try and make a team this year out of Spring Training, he's going to need to ink a deal ASAP, as every team has now had their pitchers and catchers report. Making a team out of Spring Training was always unlikely, though, so he'll probably latch on to a minor league team later this year in the hopes of filling a hole on a big league team if he pitches well enough in the high minors. The problem, as far as the Cubs are concerned, is that they've actually got a ton of depth in terms of players like Prior – fringy reliever types who could possibly make the team or could head to AAA like Cory Wade, Jensen Lewis, Andrew Carpenter, Michael Bowden, Blake Parker, Zach Putnam, Jaye Chapman, Trey McNutt, and on and on.


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TRENTON – New Jersey residents in all 21 counties will have until Feb. 4, 2013 to apply for coverage under the federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance program as a result of damages caused by Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie and the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today.
The order establishes one deadline date, Feb. 4, 2013, for New Jersey residents to seek coverage under the federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) program and extends the timeline within which people may file a claim. The program covers people in all 21 New Jersey counties, especially self-employed individuals, who were left unemployed as a direct result of the storm and who may not be covered by regular Unemployment Insurance.
Most impacted workers may already qualify for regular Unemployment Insurance, which is why anyone who plans to file a DUA claim should first file a regular claim for Unemployment Insurance. The federal DUA is a special program that covers many people who otherwise may not be eligible for regular Unemployment Insurance.
If you are unemployed or were left temporarily unemployed because of the disaster that began on Oct. 28, you should FIRST file for Unemployment Insurance benefits through the Internet by going to www.njuifile.net. Due to higher than normal volume as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the system is experiencing some delays. As a result, individuals are encouraged to file via the internet between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.
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Feb 12, 2012
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Cobra tandem of James Corfield (New Zealand) and Guillermo Aylon (Spain) earned an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles, but the Coker men's tennis team suffered an 8-1 loss to USC Aiken on Sunday.
Even though they picked up only one victory they had several close matches including a hard fought three set match at No. 2 singles, where Corfield lost 6-2, 2-6, 10-4. There were also a pair of matches that were forced into tiebreakers in order to determine a winner at No. 3 and No. 4 singles.
The Cobras will be back to action on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C. against Johnson C. Smith University at 1 p.m.


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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Clint Bowyer hopes his one-year pit stop at HScott Motorsports is more than just a footnote on his career.
He wants to build the foundation that will shape the fledgling organization into a championship contender.
"When I leave there, I want to be able to leave there having a winning organization," he said.
Known these days as the driver who will replace Tony Stewart, Bowyer's whirlwind season continued Friday with the expected announcement that he will drive for team owner Harry Scott in 2016. Then it's on to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017 to try and fill the shoes of...


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One thing that is often overlooked in discussions about over-65s all receiving NZ Super is the huge amount of volunteer time given.
Look at the Citizens Advice Bureaus, charity op shops, Meals on Wheels and conservation care groups. Most are run by "oldies".
DoC could not manage without the thousands of hours of voluntary input. We gladly give several hours every week in restoration and pest control. Great for fitness.
Good point. The grey heads - and the dyeds and the late-to-turn-greys - certainly do more than their fair share of voluntary work. The country gets extremely good value for its NZ Super payments from many retired people keen to give something back.
Retired people have the time, of course. But still, they could just do self-indulgent stuff instead.
Cheaper living
I firmly believe that everything (food, travel, electronics, vehicles whatever) barring housing and education is cheaper for people now than it was back in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
In this regard strategy now comes before all else in determining your future.
We did get our education on the cheap. Now the most critical thing is to choose a degree which leads directly to a specific job, choose it right the first time, do it quickly and get the job.
A BSc in psychology might lead you to a job, a bachelor of medical laboratory science, nursing or teaching almost certainly will - especially if you are willing to make your start absolutely anywhere to get the first notch on your career belt.
We did get our housing relatively cheaply too. Now I think that unless your child is some sort of really high achiever - doctor, dentist, lawyer (a good one), accountant (a good one) - you probably need to think about how you are going to help them buy a house.
It may be that you let them live cheaply at home for a few years, and they buy a house and get the mortgage down by renting it out. It may be that you build a granny flat for them and their spouse (and maybe later for yourself) so they can get a start. It may be that you use your savings to help them get the mortgage paid off quickly by lending them the money to reduce a revolving credit mortgage.
Whatever it is, if you can get them mortgage-free before they are 40 (or even 35), you will be setting them up for a financially secure life and hopefully teaching them valuable money management principles in the process. Once they've got that settled they don't need a huge income or even full-time work for both partners to get on well.
Then there's child minding. If your son or daughter is paying $250 a week for daycare and you are retired and just sitting watching strangers bring up your grandchildren while your children suffer huge financial penalties, you must be missing something upstairs. This can easily add up to $100,000 plus if you've got three kids and five years of day care each.
We can fire all sorts of salvos across the bows of strangers regarding this subject, but when it comes to our own it would be far more beneficial to work with them than to criticise them.
Firstly, let's check your assumptions about most things being cheaper. Across we go to the Reserve Bank's CPI Inflation Calculator on www.rbnz.govt.nz.
Comparing the mid-70s and the mid-90s with the latest data, we find that hourly wages have grown faster than the Consumer Price Index in both periods - 1975 to early 2012, and 1995 to early 2012. That suggests that, yes, most things are cheaper now relative to income.
The calculator includes data for food, clothing, housing and transport. And it's hardly surprising to find that housing stands out. While wages are 1.7 times bigger now than in 1995, house prices are 2.6 times bigger. And over the longer period, while wages are 10 times bigger now than in 1975, house prices are 16 times bigger.
Meanwhile, food prices have grown a little less than wages over both periods, and transport costs have grown quite a bit less, presumably reflecting cheaper car prices.
But the best buys of all these days, compared with 1975 and 1995, are in clothing, especially in more recent times. In fact, from 1995 to now, clothes prices have barely risen at all.
The calculator doesn't include education costs. But recent letters in this column suggest that you're right, tertiary education costs, at least, have risen lots over the decades.
Okay, so we'll accept your premise, that the big cost hikes have been in housing and tertiary education, and note that housing is perhaps the one that matters most.
You make a fair point about taking a degree that leads to a specific job. However, it's not always easy for a young person to know what's best for them at the start. I know plenty of people who have done brilliantly after switching degrees mid-stream. Also, we do need generalists with degrees in poetry and philosophy. Some great ideas come from such people. So let's not have everyone getting too focused too early.
Your housing ideas are generous to young people lucky enough to have parents who can offer them such help. But I'm not totally sold on the idea that supporting them as you suggest is the best way to teach them "valuable money management principles". There's nothing like a little hunger to learn the value of a buck.
However, I can't pick holes in your thoughts about child minding. Money aside, it's great for the little ones to get to know their grandmas and grandpas - just as long as the grans live nearby and have the energy to cope.
And I do like your conclusion. It feels like a good note on which to finish our "intergeneration conversation" over the past few weeks.
Bigots can move on
Your first letter last week was a depressing, but useful, reminder about how some people think.
There are serious conversations to be had about our tax and welfare policies, and we shouldn't be afraid of having them. It is possible to disagree with others on these issues and still respect them as a person.
However, your correspondents do not contribute to that conversation. They simply proclaim themselves to be selfish, stupid bigots.
New Zealand is a multicultural country and will become even more so in the future. If this couple don't like that, perhaps they should find somewhere more to their taste. Many of us would be happy to see them go. In case it's relevant, I am a middle-aged pakeha professional.
For those who missed it, last week's correspondent complained that his or her "hard earnings went to non-contributor (doles, Housing NZ stayers)," that "Polynesian and Maori women gave too many births to get handouts from our dollars", and that "they and their children break our house".
I quite agree with you that we need to discuss our tax and welfare policies. And that includes acknowledging ethnic differences, and looking into why they are there. But we're never going to make progress if people start with attitudes like our correspondent's.
So yes, let them look elsewhere to live. Or perhaps, just perhaps, think about other ways to view their fellow citizens. That's why I published the letter, in the hope they might be encouraged to change. Just call me a hopeless optimist.
Thanks to other readers who wrote in support of my answer to that troubling letter.
KiwiSaver tax credits
On the subject of KiwiSaver, my son has just started work as an apprentice mechanic. Should we deposit the $1043 into KiwiSaver so he gets all the benefits available? And if so, how do we, as he contributes through his wages?
You've got the right idea, but the details are a bit wrong. In someone's first year in KiwiSaver, their maximum tax credit is proportionate to how much of the July-June KiwiSaver year they have been a member.
To keep things simple, the Government assumes that people join KiwiSaver on the first of a month. So if your son joined any time in, say, March, they say he joined on March 1.
That means he will be in KiwiSaver for four months by June 30. So his maximum first tax credit is a third of the annual $521 maximum, or $174. If he started in January, it would be half of $521, or $261, and so on.
To get that maximum, he, or you on his behalf, must contribute twice his maximum tax credit, as the credit is now 50c for every dollar the member contributes. The contributions need to be in by the end of June.
Don't forget to take into account the contributions he makes through work.
After this year, your son will be eligible for the full tax credit, so you and he should try to contribute $1043 a year.
How do you contribute? Contact his provider and ask them. It should be pretty straightforward. Or you can contribute via Inland Revenue. Last week's column explained how to do that through internet banking.
Reminder letters
Re KiwiSaver and paying the $1043 each year to get the maximum tax credit, my provider, Onepath, sends out a reminder letter/form every year in June, which we fill in. I attach a cheque for my wife and me, and it's done.
When I surveyed KiwiSaver providers for my last book on the subject, several said they sent such letters. Some write to all members, while others write only to members whose total contributions look likely to be less than $1043.
It's a great example of a useful service to members. If your scheme doesn't offer it, ask them why not.
Welfare term grates
In your column last week, a correspondent remarked on the description of superannuation on their bank statement being "Welfare", suggesting it be relabelled as NZ Superannuation.
I have already visited my bank (Westpac) asking about this and I was advised that the term "Welfare" is generated by Winz on the direct credit schedule it creates and sends to the banks.
The young lady at Winz I spoke to soon after was totally unaware of this or that it could be offensive to some.
Thank you for "listening" to me.
Happy to be a sounding board. And I can understand your annoyance. But I can't say I'll rush to join your crusade. A rose by any other name ...
Mary Holm is a freelance journalist, part-time university lecturer, member of the Financial Markets Authority board, director of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, seminar presenter and bestselling author on personal finance. Her website is www.maryholm.com. Her opinions are personal, and do not reflect the position of any organisation in which she holds office. Mary's advice is of a general nature, and she is not responsible for any loss that any reader may suffer from following it. Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or Money Column, Business Herald, PO Box 32, Auckland. Letters should not exceed 200 words. We won't publish your name. Please provide a (preferably daytime) phone number. Sorry, but Mary cannot answer all questions, correspond directly with readers, or give financial advice.


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BEAVERTON, Ore. — Aloha High School running back Thomas Tyner set a state record with 643 yards rushing and scored 10 touchdowns in an 84-63 victory over Lakeridge High School on Friday night.
Tyner's rushing yards are third-most nationally for a prep player, behind John Giannantonio's record of 754 yards in a game for Netcong High School in New Jersey in 1950, and Paul McCoy's 661 yards rushing for Matewan High School in West Virginia in 2006.
The senior Oregon commit surpassed the state high school record of 508 yards rushing set last season by West Albany High School running back Jake LaCoste.
It was Tyner's 18th birthday.


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Oxfam Ambassador Helena Christensen visits Turkana, Northern Kenya
Oxfam Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen is back from Turkana, Northern Kenya -- one of the many regions in the Horn of Africa that have been affected by the severe drought that has put over 13 million people at risk.
Helena witnessed how unpredictable weather and recurring hikes in food prices are having a devastating impact on the ability of women pastoralists to feed their families and send their children to school. These women have been forced to change their lives and find alternative ways to make their living.


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I think UH fits the bill perfectly. Houston is the largest city in the US without a T20 law school. It's by FAR the largest city without a T50. In fact, if you look at the AMlaw placement ratings, I'm pretty sure it is the top placing T2 in the U.S. for large law firms.
I think UH fits the bill perfectly.
Quote from: nealric on December 11, 2008, 02:37:43 PMI think UH fits the bill perfectly. That's what I've been thinking. I'm just looking for some alternatives just in case. Do you think my score/gpa/etc. will give me a decent shot at UH?


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Microsoft nails retail store logo and locations
"Next door" and them some
Microsoft has locked down the logo for the planned retail stores it hopes will take a bite out of Apple's PC and phone business.
The company has been awarded a trademark for the colored squares-within-squares logo that first popped up in a leaked presentation of a proposed layout for the stores. You can view Microsoft's trademark filing - awarded by the US Patent and Trademark Office - and logo here.
The award came as it emerged that one of Microsoft's first planned retail outlets won't be quite as in Apple's face as Microsoft's chief operating officer led us to believe in July.
Kevin Turner last month rallied the faithful by promising to take the competition literally right to Apple's doorstep, with Microsoft's first Windows stores this fall.
Turner told Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in June: "We will have some retail stores that are opened up right next door to Apple stores this fall."
"Some" is right. As Microsoft revealed a teaser shot for one of its debut locations, it became clear there will be almost 10 miles driving distance between one of Microsoft's inaugural stores and the existing Apple outlet in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Microsoft named Scottsdale and Mission Viejo, California as the locations for the first two stores - due to open this fall - as it Tweeted a picture of the hoarding outside its Scottsdale location here.
According to local Photographer Dan Coogan, who followed up with his own shots here, that puts Microsoft's planned Scottsdale outlet in Scottsdale Fashion Square at the junction of Camelback and Scottsdale Roads - where Apple's local store is not listed as a retail outlet.
Microsoft's planned retail outlet in Scottsdale, Arizona
Apple's Scottsdale store is instead 8.5 miles north in the more up-market Shops at Scottsdale Quarter.
Scottsdale is in a desert state, a place where it can get so hot that the ground crews at some airports are not allowed to refuel planes on the tarmac at certain times of the day. So, if you want to indulge in a bout of spirited laptop hunting, it'll either mean a drive with air-con blasting or a sweaty yomp with plenty of water and sunscreen, rather than a relaxed Saturday-afternoon meander.
Apple's Scottsdale store, almost 10 miles away from Microsoft
Laptop hunters will have less of a hike at Mission Viejo, in Orange County, southern California, which appeared to be the place Turner was referencing when he said "right next door to Apple stores" last month.
Microsoft's planned shop will be about six-to-eight stores away from the existing Apple shop on the upper level of the center court area of the mall, a spokesperson for the mall told The Reg. She categorized those six-to-eight stores as being of "typical" store size. ®


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So now that we can design and build tanks with "obsolete" weapons it would be optimal to do the same with defensive structures, I don't think can be done without making the build menu massive by end game because we can't design structures.
So as a stop gap we should find structures that don't actually become obsolete when their replacement comes around, I'm not sure if obsolesce is listed anywhere on the site so we will just have to go by memory.
So far I find the worst case of structure obsolesce is the light cannon bunker which gets obsoleted by the hyper velocity cannon emplacement.
The HVC emplacement costs almost double the LC bunker (200vs125) while having roughly half the health (1330vs760) and armor (41vs20), It's also a HARD structure which has worse/different weapon damage modifiers.
If the Inferno flamers don't get obsoleted by the Plasmite flamer it should because they cost exactly the same.


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Leek, Lemon, and Feta Quiche by Feeding the Saints (A.C. Parker)
Sautéed Radishes with Mint by liahuber
The Grocery List (for 4):
- 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry (start stocking this in your freezer -- this is how the French do last minute)
- 1 pound leeks
- 1 pound radishes
- a bunch of mint
- a pint of half-and-half
- a block of feta
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1. Preheat your oven to 375 and set your puff pastry aside on a surface to thaw.
2. Meanwhile, clean your leeks (we love Amanda's surefire method of doing this potentially gritty task), sauté them, whisk together your eggs and half-and-half (and ouzo if you have it!). Season and prepare to fill your quiches.
3. Assemble your quiche pans with the thawed puff pastry, pour in the filling, and layer on the slices of feta -- it's time to bake. (If your puff pastry has gotten warm, pop the assembled quiches in the freezer for 10 minutes first -- the crust will puff better if it starts cold.)
4. While the quiche is in the oven, prep your radishes for their quick sauté. Sauté and season these nuggets of spring and set aside as well (they're such a pleasant side -- it matters little if they're hot for service!).
5. (Go pull a Mr. Rogers and change out of your work clothes, settling in for the evening.)
6. Once the quiches are set (about 30-40 minutes, depending on if you're going big or mini) pull the quiches out to cool and plate up with your lovely little radishes. A glass of white and it's time to eat!


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CSU auxiliary organizations have been in existence for many decades as a necessary supplement to state supported instructional and administrative activities. The first organization, the Fresno State College Association, was established in 1922. Student associations have operated at San Jose, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Chico, Fresno, and other campuses since the early 1920s. The growth of auxiliary organizations has paralleled the growth in size and complexity of the CSU.
These organizations are subject to applicable state and federal laws and regulations. In addition, they operate within the policies established by the CSU Board of Trustees, the chancellor, and the campuses. As of the beginning of the 2014 fall term, there were 86 auxiliary organizations, with one to six per campus, and two systemwide auxiliary organizations. Most of these organizations can be grouped into five major functional categories:
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PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2007 On Sunday, July 1, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) will institute a campus-wide clean air and smoke-free policy to protect patients, visitors and staff from the harmful health effects of secondhand smoke. The policy will prohibit smoking on any UPMC-owned orleased property, including its grounds, garages and parking lots.
It is vitally important that people in our community are able to access UPMC facilities that are smoke-free and healthy, said Elizabeth Concordia, senior vice president, academic and community hospitals, UPMC, and president, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside. In the interest of the publics health, especially the well-being of those most vulnerable, our patients and children, we are taking action to set the standard for an environment that promotes good health.
Secondhand smoke is a proven health hazard, leading to heart disease, lung and other cancers, chronic lung disease and even premature death. Given these dangers, UPMC convened a task force in 2006 to put a smoke-free plan into place and developed tools to help ease the transition by assisting patients, visitors and staff members who want to quit smoking. In partnership with the UPMC Health Plan, UPMC is offering staff members and the community smoking cessation classes, counseling services and other resources. UPMC Health Plan also provides many members with coverage for medication to relieve the discomfort often experienced in the early stages of quitting.
As the regions top health care organization, we believe that we need to set a healthy example, said Greg Peaslee, senior vice president, human resources, UPMC. Allowing smoking on our campus, even in designated areas, is not consistent with that commitment.
The clean air and smoke-free policy pertains to all of UPMCs hospitals, offices and other facilities more than 80 sites. Signs communicating the new policy are being installed to ensure awareness of the change, and count-down clocks have been in place for the last several months.
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By Caleb Barron
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Good things come to those who wait. Then there is the case of MU outside hitter Lisa Henning. Only 19-years-old, Henning has been named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team, competed on an international level and led her team to the Sweet Sixteen. The scintillating sophomore has had such a strong rapport with success that it sometimes comes without her noticing.
Growing up, Henning's club team, the KC Extreme, consistently advanced to out-of-state and national competitions each year. She became familiar with perfecting her craft on the road.
"It didn't really hit me that I traveled that much and, normally, people don't get to go to different states every month," Henning said.
As her skills became apparent to all parties who witnessed them, volleyball jumped to the top of Henning's priority list. When Henning started receiving interest from universities throughout the midwest, the realization that she could get her college paid for steadily grew in importance. Her other competitive interests, basketball and softball, fell by the wayside. Now focusing solely on volleyball, Henning's skills blossomed.
"Becoming better at volleyball was easier since I loved it so much," Henning said.
People all over the Kansas City area started to notice the girl with all the kills from Blue Springs.
"Everyone was just kind of like, 'Oh, you're the girl that's always in the paper.' People recognized me when they came to our games," Henning said. "It's always been happening to me, since high school, so it's not really a big deal to me."
One of Henning's "admirers" ended up on a roller-coaster of a relationship with the celebrated hitter. MU senior libero Priscilla "Pip" Armendariz played for Blue Springs South High School, the rival school of Henning's Blue Springs. The two admit their relationship fell short of friendly.
"Lisa and I were rivals in high school," Armendariz says. "She was always my arch-enemy, the main player for their team and I kind of ran the show for my team, so we had at it at each other in high school."
Fortunately for MU, the two standouts emphasize the rivalry was completely based on competition. Once they started playing on the same side of the court, the relationship quickly changed. Dramatically.
"She's my roommate; we're best friends," Henning said.
By the time Henning landed at the University of Missouri, Armendariz had two full seasons of volleyball, and college life, under her belt. Ironically, she became Henning's mentor, helping her break out of her comfort zone and become acclimated with the team.
"She was really shy, really quiet. It took here awhile to come out of her shell," Armendariz said. "As a freshman, you don't know a lot about what's going on, so I just started cluing her in on things, giving her rides, anything she really needed. I just tried to make her feel comfortable and fit in with the group."
Now with an ally in her corner, Henning went on a dominant run, posting 266 kills on .227 hitting and becoming the first MU freshman since 2003 to lead the team in kills. Henning's accomplishments landed her on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team, but her game was about to be turned-up another notch.
The first round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament paired MU against the fifth ranked team in the nation, Northern Iowa. In her first career postseason match, Henning would not be shaken as she tallied her season-best point total against the Panthers, accumulating 19.5 total points in the Tigers' first-round upset.
Henning promptly delivered an 18-kill encore against Northwestern in the second round, helping Mizzou advance to the Sweet 16 for only the second time in school history. Once again, the immediacy of success barely registered.
"I was a freshman so everything was new to me. I didn't really know how great of a thing that was," Henning said.
However, the experience did make her and her teammates hungry for more.
"Being in the Sweet Sixteen, and being around that level of play, really helped me out and our team out because it showed what we could be and how successful we could be. It just made us, especially [sophomore setter] Molly Kreklow and I, want to get to the tournament every year."
Despite last year's run through the first two rounds of the tournament and becoming the first Big 12 team to reach 20 wins in 2011, Henning believes MU could flirt with the underdog role once again this year.
"Because we are so young, if we make it to the tournament, we'll definitely be the team that people will not really think is going to be that hard to beat."
Should the Tigers make a repeat visit to the NCAA Tournament, Henning believes she will be better equipped due to offseason training in China. The Blue Springs native used the experience to become a six-rotation player.
"Since we didn't have a spring season last year, it really helped me get some of the nerves out of being a six rotation player; just being able to be back there and not having to worry about our record or getting yanked. It was basically for fun going there so there was a lot of pressure taken off of me."
Potentially of even greater worth, the trip to Asia, and visits to The Great Wall and The Forbidden City, allowed Henning to appreciate what the sport, and her talent, has given her.
"I would have never been able to go to China without volleyball, so I think it really made me focus and made me think about how much volleyball has done for me."
Henning doesn't see her walking away from the sport anytime soon.
"I really want to play volleyball. I feel like I wouldn't know what to do if I wasn't a volleyball player. My whole life, that's what I've always been."
Even if her successes did come as a surprise.


text: Red Pill News Identity Politics Lawsuit says the Hawks are racist against whites Shifting racist attitudes in the direction of whites is not honestly dealing with the matter of racism, but is itself racism Published 5 months ago on March 22, 2018 By Frank_rpt 7 Views Share Tweet Former community development coordinator for the Atlanta Hawks, Margo Kline, has filed a lawsuit against the NBA Basketball team on the basis that it was saturated with a culture of racism against white people. Kline complained about the situation, for which she says she was fired from her position. On Friday, the suit was filed which is pursuing a trial in addition to punitive damages against the NBA team due to its pervasive racism. External affairs director, David Lee, who is black, is accused of fomenting a team culture of racism and discrimination against white people, particularly white women, wherein so-called "white culture" was regularly caricaturized and mocked, and white candidates would be overlooked in favor of less qualified black ones. ESPN has the report: ATLANTA — A former Atlanta Hawks employee is accusing the professional basketball club of discriminating against white people and firing her after she complained. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Margo Kline filed a lawsuit Friday seeking punitive damages and a trial. The lawsuit said Hawks external affairs director David Lee, who is black, promoted a culture of discrimination against white people, and especially white women. Kline, who is white, worked as a community development coordinator for five years before her March 2017 firing. The lawsuit said Lee would make jokes about "white culture," hiring and promoting black employees — who Kline said were less qualified — over white people. The NBA team denies Kline's claims and said it plans to defend against them. The Hawks' statement said discrimination claims are taken seriously and Kline's were thoroughly reviewed. With the NBA being made of teams that are commonly majority black, that some racial tension could possibly creep into its activities isn't particularly startling, although in an organization so highly inundated with media coverage given the nature of its activity, is something that one might expect would have been much more enthusiastic about patrolling, given the very likely prospect of garnering substantial bad press from it; even more so given its racial makeup. However, the issue was allowed to pervasively creep into the team's culture, into areas that should have been held to some of the highest professional standards. The issue of reverse racism against white people is something that has become increasingly prevalent in some circles which is often promoted by some on the Left, it will be interesting to follow the case as it progresses to see how and whether the matter will be acknowledged and appropriately addressed both in legal circles as well as that of the NBA itself. This case demonstrates that shifting hate and racist attitudes in the direction of whites is not honestly dealing with the matter of racism, but is itself racism directed against white people as if it were a form of restoring balance to the universe for the racism that the Left is constantly seeing everywhere and acting as though the world is still stuck in the slavery culture of the Antebellum South. 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"Trump's … performance in Helsinki," Brennan had said, "exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors.' It was … treasonous." Why should the president not strip from a CIA director who calls him a traitor the honor and privilege of a security clearance? Or is a top-secret clearance an entitlement like Social Security? CIA directors retain clearances because they are seen as national assets, individuals whose unique experience, knowledge and judgment may be called upon to assist a president in a national crisis. Not so long ago, this was a bipartisan tradition. Who trashed this tradition? Was it not the former heads of the security agencies — CIA, FBI, director of national intelligence — who have been leveling the kind of savage attacks on the chief of state one might expect from antifa? Are ex-security officials entitled to retain the high privileges of the offices they held, if they descend into cable-TV hatred and hostility? Former CIA chief Mike Hayden, in attacking Trump for separating families of detained illegal immigrants at the border, tweeted a photo of the train tracks leading into Auschwitz. "Other governments have separated mothers and children" was Hayden's caption. Is that fair criticism from an ex-CIA director? Thursday, The New York Times decried Trump's accusation that the media are "the enemy of the people." "Insisting that truths you don't like are 'fake news' is dangerous to the lifeblood of democracy. And calling journalists 'the enemy of the people' is dangerous, period," said the Times. Fair enough, but is it not dangerous for a free press to be using First Amendment rights to endlessly bash a president as a racist, fascist, sexist, neo-Nazi, liar, tyrant and traitor? The message of journalists who use such terms may be to convey their detestation of Trump. But what is the message received in the sick minds of people like that leftist who tried to massacre Republican congressmen practicing for their annual softball game with Democrats? And does Trump not have a point when he says the Boston Globe-organized national attack on him, joined in by the Times and 300 other newspapers, was journalistic "collusion" against him? If Trump believes that CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post are mortal enemies who want to see him ousted or impeached, is he wrong? We are an irreconcilable us-against-them nation today, and given the rancor across the ideological, social and cultural chasm that divides us, it is hard to see how, even post-Trump, we can ever come together again. Speaking at a New York LGBT gala in 2016, Hillary Clinton said: "You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables … racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic … Some of those folks … are irredeemable, but … they are not America." When Clinton's reflections on Middle America made it into print, she amended her remarks. Just as Gov. Andrew Cuomo rushed to amend his comments yesterday when he blurted at a bill-signing ceremony: "We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great." America was "never that great"? Cuomo's press secretary hastened to explain, "When the president speaks about making America great again … he ignores the pain so many endured and that we suffered from slavery, discrimination, segregation, sexism and marginalized women's contributions." Clinton and Cuomo committed gaffes of the kind Michael Kinsley described as the blurting out of truths the speaker believes but desperately does not want a wider audience to know. In San Francisco in 2008, Barack Obama committed such a gaffe. Asked why blue-collar workers in industrial towns decimated by job losses were not responding to his message, Obama trashed these folks as the unhappy losers of our emerging brave new world: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." These clingers to their Bibles, bigotries and guns are the people the mainstream media, 10 years later, deride and dismiss as "Trump's base." What Clinton, Cuomo and Obama spilled out reveals what is really behind the cultural and ideological wars of America today. Most media elites accept the historic indictment — that before the Progressives came, this country was mired in racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia, and that its history had been a long catalog of crimes against indigenous peoples, Africans brought here in bondage, Mexicans whose lands we stole, migrants, and women and gays who were denied equality. The people who cheer Trump believe the country they inherited from their fathers was a great, good and glorious country, and that the media who detest Trump also despise them. For such as these, Trump cannot scourge the media often enough. Continue Reading Latest College offer courses on 'queering' children, the Bible US Colleges are teaching students to "queer" Christianity and religion in general. Published 2 days ago on August 17, 2018 By Campus Reform Authored by Celine Ryan via Campus Reform: This school year, students across the country will attend courses on "Queering the Bible," "Queering Childhood," "Queering Theology," and similar topics. Students at Pomona College in Claremont, California, for instance, will have the opportunity to enroll in a brand new course titled "Queering Childhood," which will examine "the figure of the Child and how this figuration is used by politics, law, and medicine to justify continued cultural investment in reproductive heteronormativity and productive ablebodiedness." The course description explains that students will examine the childhoods of "queer and crip children," as well as "childhoods against which the figure of the Child is articulated," with reference to work related to "gender studies, childhood studies, disability studies, and queer theory." Colleges are not only attempting to "queer" childhood, they are teaching students to "queer" Christianity and religion in general, as well. This fall, Eugene Lang College will offer a course titled "Queering and Decolonizing Theology," where students will explore topics such as "the sexual ethics and ritualization found in the S&M community," and "transgender Christs." "Christian theology is often depicted as a violent colonial force standing in particular opposition to LGBTQI lives. However, over the last 30 years people of faith, activists, and theorists alike have rediscovered what is queer within Christianity, uncovered what is religious within secular queer communities, and used postcolonial theory to decolonize lived religious practices and theologies," the course description asserts. According to the college, the course "explores secular philosophies of queer and postcolonial theory as well as their critical and constructive application to religion," focusing on topics like "the sexual ethics and ritualization found in the S&M community, transgender Christs, and the mestiza (or mixed) cultures of Latin America." Similarly, students at Harvard Divinity School will be able to attend a course on "Queer Theologies, Queer Religions" this fall, which will explore the "project of 'queer theology'" and how it relates to "larger aspirations of queer religion or spirituality in America." In this course, students will begin by "sampling the efforts to revise traditional Christian theologies in order to accept or affirm same-sex loves." After that, they will move on to examining "forgotten possibilities in historical engagements between advocates of homosexual rights and established religious bodies (chiefly churches and synagogues)." "We will consider the boundaries between queer theology and queer theory or between it and other political theologies," the course description explains. "We will test the boundaries of 'Christianity' while considering the varied forms of queer religion outside familiar religious institutions—in spirituality or spiritualism, in magic or neo-paganism, in erotic asceticism." Swarthmore College students, meanwhile, will survey "queer and trans* readings of biblical texts" during a course titled "Queering the Bible," which will introduce them to "the complexity of constructions of sex, gender, and identity in one of the most influential literary works produced in ancient times." "By reading the Bible with the methods of queer and trans* theoretical approaches," the description promises, "this class destabilizes long held assumptions about what the [B]ible—and religion—says about gender and sexuality." The University of San Francisco is also getting into the act with a course on "Christian Feminist Theology" that aims to "develop an understanding of how feminist scholarship provides one fruitful means towards reappropriation of central Christian insights about God." The course will facilitate "critical reflection upon the experience of God, and insights from feminist thought," according to the description. In a similar vein, students enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's "Gender, Sexuality, and Religion" course "will read religion through a variety of feminist and queer theory lenses- exploring the key characteristics of diverse feminist analyses of religion, as well as limits of specific feminist approaches." "In this course we will learn about women's and men's rituals, social roles, and mythologies in specific religious traditions," the course description explains. "We will also look at the central significance of gender to the field of religious studies generally, with particular attention to non-binary genders." To that end, the course will address questions such as "How important are the gender differences in deciding social roles, ritual activities, and spiritual vocations?" and "How does gender intersect with nationality, language, and politics?" Campus Reform reached out to each of the schools mentioned in this report for additional comment on the courses in question, and is currently awaiting responses. This article will be updated if and when any of them provide a statement. Follow the author of this article on Twitter: @celinedryan Continue Reading Latest 10 signs that America is in MUCH worse trouble than we all thought You may find it difficult to believe some of the things that I am about to share with you. Instinctively, most of us know that America is in trouble, but recently it has been impressed upon me that things are much worse than I originally believed. Published 3 weeks ago on July 31, 2018 By Michael Snyder A homeless man sleeps under an American Flag blanket on a park bench in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. As of June 2013, there were an all-time record of 50,900 homeless people, including 12,100 homeless families with 21,300 homeless children homeless in New York City. Our cities are becoming cesspools, our nation is falling apart all around us, and it seems like the number of sick, twisted and depraved people is multiplying. We still have a relatively high standard of living for the moment, but the only reason we can maintain that standard of living is because we are on the greatest debt binge in human history. And once that bubble bursts, I fear for what this nation is going to become, because things are getting really bad out there. Support The Duran – Browse our Shop >> The following are 10 signs that America is in much worse trouble than we all thought… #1 America is "the most dangerous country in the developed world to give birth in" We all know that our healthcare system is rapidly deteriorating, but I figured that the U.S. would be at least in the middle of the pack when it comes to women dying during childbirth. Sadly, I was completely wrong… The U.S. is the most dangerous country in the developed world to give birth in according to a report. About 50,000 women are "severely injured" during childbirth, and about 700 women die every year. Half of these deaths could have been prevented, as could the injuries, if correct safety procedures had been followed, according to an investigation by USA Today. #2 America is absolutely teeming with sexual predators When I read stories like the one I am about to share with you, it makes me want to vomit. According to a report that was just released, more than 300 "predator priests" were identified in just 6 Pennsylvania dioceses… A landmark grand jury report identifies more than 300 "predator priests" in six of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses, the state Supreme Court said Friday in ordering the findings released. (Tap here to read the court ruling.) The justices said the report on clergy child sexual abuse going back decades and allegations of cover-up efforts will be made public but without the names or "individual specific information" of priests and others who have challenged the findings, at least in the initial version to be released. #3 America has a massive problem with pedophilia This is particularly true in Hollywood, and actor Elijah Wood has decided to go public about it… The actor, in a new interview with the Sunday Times, is accusing Tinseltown of having a pedophilia problem, saying "a lot of vipers" are preying on children in the business. "Clearly something major was going on in Hollywood. It was all organized. There are a lot of vipers in this industry, people who only have their own interests in mind," he said. "There is darkness in the underbelly. What bums me about these situations is that the victims can't speak as loudly as the people in power. That's the tragedy of attempting to reveal what is happening to innocent people: they can be squashed, but their lives have been irreparably damaged." #4 America is full of people that are looking to take advantage of others During the recent horrific wildfires in northern California, authorities say that there was "a lot of looting"… With so many people locked out of huge areas of the city, looters had moved in to take advantage, officials said, adding that police patrols are being increased and hat National Guard troops are being brought in to help. "We're experiencing a lot of looting and are beefing up our security," Redding Police Chief Roger Moore told a crowd of about 250 residents Saturday afternoon. And Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko received a round of applause when he announced the first arrest of a suspected looter. #5 America has way too many politically-correct control freaks that want to ruin all of our lives I never dreamed that the day would come when plastic straws would be banned in the United States, but now it is actually happening… Only in California can you go to jail for offering restaurant patrons a straw. According to the ordinance, first-time offenders will be given a written warning. Second-time offenders will face steeper consequences. Based on the city's municipal code, penalties for straw-peddling will include a "fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months." The West Coast is home to many a plastic straw ban; the city of Seattle, WA, was the first city in the U.S. to ban plastic straws in early July. But in the Emerald City, a violation only warrants a $250 fine. California is not to be outdone in their regressive-progressive politics. #6 America is a nation of addicts Today, I came across a survey that found that nearly half of all Americans admit to shopping online (one addiction) while drunk (another addiction)… If you've poured yourself a glass of wine or two and then started browsing Amazon, you're not alone — and you may well have spent more than you meant to. A new survey finds that Americans who shop online under the influence spend over $40 each time. Gin drinkers actually spend the most, about $82 on average, while whiskey drinkers are the cheapest buzzed buyers, according to addiction treatment facility the Archstone Recovery Center. They polled over 1,000 people who reported purchasing an item off of Amazon while under the influence of alcohol. #7 America is on a path to financial suicide The federal government is already 21 trillion dollars in debt, and it is being officially estimated that we will hit the 30 trillion dollar mark by 2028. #8 America seems to have an endless supply of cruel people Down in Louisiana, authorities have arrested 5 people that locked an autistic woman that they were related to in a cage and forced her to eat her mother's ashes… A Louisiana woman living with autism was locked up in a cage, threatened and abused and forced to eat her mother's ashes by five people, who were indicted this week by a federal grand jury in New Orleans, officials said. The indictments accuse five family members of abusing their 22-year-old relative until June 2016, according to court documents released by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. #9 America's major cities are rapidly being transformed into cesspools The following is an excerpt from a letter that was recently penned by Portland's police chief… Our City has become a cesspool. Livability that once made Portland a unique and vibrant city is now replaced with human feces in businesses doorways, in our parks, and on our streets. Aggressive panhandlers block the sidewalks, storefronts, and landmarks like Pioneer Square, discouraging people from enjoying our City. Garbage-filled RVs and vehicles are strewn throughout our neighborhoods. Used needles, drug paraphernalia, and trash are common sights lining the streets and sidewalks of the downtown core area, under our bridges, and freeway overpasses. That's not what our families, business owners, and tourists deserve. #10 America is inhabited by way too many idiots These days just about anyone will do just about anything for 15 minutes of fame, and one of the worst examples of this was when Florida resident Robby Stratton walked into a convenience store with a live alligator… The man, identified by WJAX as Robby Stratton, is seen on video posted to Facebook walking into the store in Jacksonville with the gator's mouth taped shut. Stratton approaches the counter and asks the man behind it: 'Y'all got beer still? Y'all ain't out, are y'all?' He then sees someone in the back of the store and says: 'Is he taking the last bit of beer? You aren't taking the last bit of beer are you?' Stratton planned this stunt well in advance, and he made sure to have it recorded so that he could post it on Facebook. This is what America has become. We need to take a long look in the mirror, because we are in an advanced state of decline. 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By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday sought his fellow conservatives' support for a sweeping immigration bill by arguing that doing nothing is tantamount to "amnesty" for the 11 million people who are living in the United States illegally.
Trying to turn the tables on Republican opponents of the overhaul who say it would grant amnesty to law-breakers, Rubio said deportation of all the 11 million, which some conservatives favor, would never happen.
"We all wish we didn't have this problem, but we do and we have to fix it. Because leaving things the way they are, that's the real amnesty," Rubio said at a news conference.
Rubio spoke the day before the Senate Judiciary Committee starts to examine the immigration bill crafted by Rubio and seven other Republican and Democratic senators.
Rubio, a popular conservative already considered a contender for the 2016 presidential nomination, had been pushing for immigration reform even before the eight senators unveiled their legislation this week.
The Florida senator has been stressing the economic benefits of immigration reform and has been careful not to say the bill creates a special path to citizenship - a non-starter for many conservatives.
The bill requires tougher security at the southern border with Mexico before illegal immigrants are given a chance to apply for citizenship. It also establishes a new program to bring in unskilled foreign laborers and increases the number of work visas for high- and low-skilled workers.
Rubio also took his appeal for the bill to influential conservative Rush Limbaugh's radio talk show on Thursday.
Some Republican lawmakers "have stated pretty strong opposition" to the path to citizenship, Arizona Republican Jeff Flake, who is part of the bipartisan Senate group, told reporters after the news conference.
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who has been a vocal opponent of the plan, warned on Thursday that the bill would hurt U.S. workers and increase federal deficits as millions of undocumented residents eventually gain citizenship and become eligible for government benefits.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is to start working intensively on the bill in May with a goal of making changes before June.
The measure has a chance of passing the Senate, where Democrats control 55 of the 100 seats. However, its prospects are far less rosy in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where members of Rubio's party have started to coalesce around the idea of granting the illegal immigrants legal status but not citizenship.
(Additional reporting by Richard Cowan and Sam Youngman; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)